Ombre

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This week's mani is a look that I have seen in lots of pictures online but never tried until now. I don't know why I was so hesitant to try it, it really is pretty simple! For this look you will need a cosmetic sponge and two colors of nail polish.

I started out with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. I then did two coats of Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue. Once dry I painted the edge of my cosmetic sponge, making two horizontal lines, one underneath the other (in Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue and Julep Teri). I then lightly patted the sponge onto my nail, starting at about halfway down the nail. I did this twice. Once completely dry I sealed my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue 

 Cosmetic Sponge painted with Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue and Julep Teri

Lightly pat sponge onto nail

Finished!

Doesn't that look so cool?! The look really comes together once you put on the top coat, it gives it that airbrushed look. When you are painting with the sponge, don't put too much polish on, as it can make it clump; you want it to just lightly coat the nail as if you were using the sponge as a stamp. Pretty easy and so fun!! I hope you enjoyed this look and I'll see you next time!

Bold Stripes

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This week's manicure is a simple yet bold look of thick stripes. For this mani you will need three colors of nail polish and some striping tape.

I started with a base coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. I then followed with two coats of Sei Bella Crystal Sands. Once dry, I used two pieces of striping tape and divided the nail into three horizontal sections. I then used Sei Bella Pink Sherbet to paint the bottom section, closest to the cuticle and Julep Teri to paint the top section at the tip of the nail and carefully removed the striping tape. Once completely dry, I sealed my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Crystal Sands 

Striping Tape Horizontally

Sei Bella Pink Sherbet and Julep Teri 

Striping tape removed

Finished!

The placing of the tape makes it a little hard to paint to bottom section (close to the cuticle) and I found myself painting in a sideways direction almost patting it in small strokes.  Not too bad though! Overall pretty simple and fun. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Quilted

Hello again!

This week's manicure is a fun, eye catching pattern! For this look you will need two colors of nail polish and lots of striping tape.

I began with one coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. I then did two coats of Sei Bella Peach Frost. Since this nail color is a metallic, I waited at least 30 minutes before moving on to the next step, but just make sure the nail color is DRY. I then used six pieces of striping tape and placed three diagonally across the nail and the other three going diagonally in the opposite direction. I then painted over the entire nail with Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue. I then immediately removed the tape. Once everything was completely dry, I sealed my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Peach Frost

Striping tape placed 

After painting over with Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue and removing tape

Finished!

Pretty cool, huh?! The pattern that is left behind when the tape is removed are diamonds or what looks like the pattern of a quilt. This is one of those that look like you have stickers on your nails once the top coat is dry. Way fun!! I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Confetti Tip

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This week I am so happy with how my manicure turned out! I know I have done lots of different designs that involve lots of color, but to be honest, I am a real simple girl. If I had to pick one nail color to wear on it's own, all the time, it would be a nude color, something tan or flesh colored;which brings me to this week's look! For this manicure you are going to need a nude color nail polish, four bright colored nail polishes and a small dotting tool.

I started out by doing a base coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. I then followed with two coats of OPI Passion. Once dry I used a small dotting tool and Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue to make three dots horizontally across the tip of the nail. Then I went in with Sei Bella Coral Fantasy and placed three more dots across the tip of the nail, filling in spaces. Then I used Julep Charlotte and kept placing more dots across the tip, again filling in any spaces. The last color I used to make dots was Julep Margaret. Once the dots were dry I sealed my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

OPI Passion

Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue Dots

Sei Bella Coral Fantasy Dots

Julep Charlotte Dots

Finished!

I love, love, love this manicure! You can change this up by using a white or black color as the base color. You can also keep adding more dots to create a thicker tip. Glitter polishes could also be fun to use for making the dots. I just love the clean look of nude color manis. SO FUN! I hope you liked this look and I will see you next time!